Monsoon Wedding

Monsoon Wedding
Monsoon Wedding
	U.S. poster
Directed by	Mira Nair
Written by	Sabrina Dhawan
Produced by	Caroline Baron; Mira Nair;
Starring	Naseeruddin Shah; Lillete Dubey; Shefali Shah; Vasundhara Das; Vijay Raaz; Tillotama Shome; Randeep Hooda; Rajat Kapoor; Jas Arora;
Cinematography	Declan Quinn
Edited by	Allyson C. Johnson
Music by	Mychael Danna
Production; companies	IFC Productions; Mirabai Films; Delhi Dot Com
Distributed by	USA Films (United States); Océan Films (France); Prokino Filmverleih (Germany); Key Films (Italy); iDream Productions (India; through SPE Films India);
Release dates	30 August 2001 (Venice); 30 November 2001 (India);
Running time	113 minutes
Countries	India; France; Germany; Italy; United States;
Languages	Hindi; English;
Budget	US$1.2 million
Box office	US$30.8 million

Monsoon Wedding is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by Mira Nair, written by Sabrina Dhawan, and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah and Vasundhara Das. The story is set during a traditional Punjabi Hindu wedding in Delhi and revolves around the complex romantic entanglements of the characters.

Dhawan wrote the first draft of the screenplay in just one week while in the MFA film program at Columbia University. Although the film is set entirely in New Delhi, it was internationally between companies from India, the United States, Italy, France, and Germany.

Monsoon Wedding premiered in the Marché du Film section of the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and went on to win the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. The film also received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and grossed over $30 million internationally at the box office.

In 2014, a musical adaptation based on the film premiered on Broadway. In 2017, IndieWire named Monsoon Wedding the 19th best romance of the 21st century.